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[Joexemm]

So what do you think of this contraption?

[slotcarone]

Interesting but doesn't look like it will survive a crash. I am guessing it will weigh about 85-90 grams all built up. Are you cleaning/scuffing up the brass and steel before you solder it?

[James Grandi]

Must admit I'm intrigued. Having a difficult time figuring out how the pans are set up to move though - specifically, with one piece of square tubing on the front of the pan, and one piece on the main rail, both having the same piece of wire run through them - is one of them a solid solder joint?

[Slot Car Mods Magazine]

Some gorgeous works of art in this thread...

 

My hat's off to you all...

 

[Joexemm]

Well the front of the pans move left to right and the whole pan moves front to rear. there is a "bite Bar" as i would call it in the rear that effectively makes this a 2 piece however the bar is rather soft so there is a lot of movement.  i think its too fragile in this current configuration but this is my first outta my head build and i honestly like the progress. only thing prefab was the .062 hypoid Rgeo rear bracket which i admittedly didn't work on enough to get it straight as i would have liked it to be.... shoulder pain and cranky... excuses... anywho! I was working on a Gt12 chassis and i was like WAIT A MINUTE!! and then i built this... yeah that was the thought process. haha!

[Tim Neja]

Here's my latest flat track F-1 build.  It's a LONG cadillac.  4.2 x .900 guide lead.  .062 rails--1 piano 1 bronze    Mike Swiss 3/4 tongue and Kamo San motor bracket!! Shaker style outer rails with .062 inner weight.  She's VERY smooth on our BPR MTT Flat track.  I'm looking forward to the next race in a few weeks.  Should be a contender for the podium!! 

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[Tim Neja]

Interesting but doesn't look like it will survive a crash. I am guessing it will weigh about 85-90 grams all built up. Are you cleaning/scuffing up the brass and steel before you solder it?

Yeah--the solder joints don't look like they've "flowed" too well!! It looks like you need to buff up your piano wire and brass before you solder!! Then MORE heat and acid flux!! Once you've finished then Ajax and a wire brush will make it nice and clean!!  Note the difference in my chassis above from the finished build to the RTR!   It's been polished up with ajax and a wire brush which brightens up everything and makes it look much nice/cleaner!! FYI

[slotcarone]

Have never tried the Ajax and wire brush. I use SOS and water in the sink after each step of the build. Metal polish then makes it look like gold plating.

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[Tim Neja]

Looks great!! Of course,  the old "tumbler" works great too!!

[Upfront slot cars]

Where are the 3/4 kamo San motor brakets available like you used Tim ? It looks sweet and would be a lot less work on my end to use them.

[Tim Neja]

Those are "Unobtanium"!! Kamo made them for me last year--I got 5 of them and I'm hanging on to them!! But any good 3/4" bracket will do! R Geo has them--  I"ve got another build in the tumbler now--when I pull it out later tonight I'll post a couple of pics!! It's an old "Hanada" car that Kamo built for me back in 2011--- it was narrow---so I melted the old car apart and used the bits to build another like the one above!! A little lighter---but same style build!  

[Tim Neja]

Another "Flat track" build!! Re-purposed an old Hanada narrow D3 F-1 car.  Widened it and used the same rail configuration as the last build.  Should be nice and smooth!! 

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[Joexemm]

I have a tumbler I didn't dunk that last one in yet but I like the wire brush idea I'll have to pick some smaller ones up and use them as I go Along

[Cap Henry]

New F1 based off of a old Tony P design

[tonyp]

Grant Goerner built one also and it ran great this past weekend.

[Tim Neja]

Twin .062 or .055? .062 pans?  Looks nice. Should work great!! What are the dimensions?

[Cap Henry]

Twin .062, .050 pans, 4" WB .95" GL

Sorry it's upside down.

Also thanks to Tony for talking to me about the design before I built it

[Joexemm]

Looks really sweet cap!



Made some changes and tumbled it. Thanks for the suggestions and such. Saw a few retro guys over the weekend and they said it looks like a good car for a swoopy track. Haven't had a chance for track testing yet. Looking forward to to that!

[John Gorski]

My Favorite Tony P. F1 

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[Joexemm]

That's pretty!

[Tex]

My Favorite Tony P. F1 

 

John/Tony,

 

What kind of track was that chassis built for? King? Flat? Other?

[Grant G.]

Grant Goerner built one also and it ran great this past weekend.

 

It ran really well for not having any tuning time on it. .078 rails with .040 brass throughout , Mswiss rear bracket. It came in light at 101.5 gms all up. I am going to add a center pan in the future. 

[SlowBeas]

One piece brass...little or no longitudinal flex due to either double .062 or .078...maybe some twist due to the frontal convergence. I'd love to know more about the theory behind this one, if someone is willing to divulge. Maybe Tony P, the master himself?

[tonyp]

Tex I originally built it for the flat track at the Sano, but when I tried it on the king a few weeks before hand at a Retro East race it was magic. Tqed and won with it.

[Cap Henry]

My version is really fast! Thanks for your help Tony!